The Graves of Russian Mafiya Bosses
Denis Tarasov has photographed the elaborate graves of Russian and Ukrainian organized crime bosses. They’re currently being shown at London’s Saatchi gallery. (via @jakeadelstein)
Monsters of the Fifteenth Century
A gallery of colorful monsters from a Fifteenth Century book of hours.
“Where Space Pyramids and Politics Collide”
“Afrofuturism also goes beyond spaceships, androids and aliens, and encompasses African mythology and cosmology with an aim to connect those from across the Black Diaspora to their forgotten African ancestry.” More on Afrofuturism and its promise, here. (via @Ponderiss)
“The Fallen Astronaut”
At Slate, Corey S. Powell and Laure Gwen Shapiro write about a small sculpture placed on the moon by astronaut David Scott in 1971.
“Creepypasta and the Contours of Modern Fear”
At Aeon Magazine, Will Wiles considers creepypasta, an anonymous group effort to create dark urban legend, “Indeed, this might be what creepypasta aspires to be: urban legend, dark social memes with just enough familiarity to give a frisson of awful possibility. Much of it is spread with little […]
“Girls Running Away From Houses”
A pinterest gallery of book covers featuring women running away from houses. (via @lowdudgeon)
The Cultural Gutter 